{"id":3504,"date":"2026-08-02T22:43:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3504"},"modified":"2026-08-02T22:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T22:43:50","slug":"some-philadelphians-have-turned-to-farmers-markets-as-the-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3504","title":{"rendered":"Some Philadelphians have turned to farmers\u2019 markets as the cyclosporiasis outbreak continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Procoro Jeronimo, 45, went to his yearly physical in late June. Doctors told him to lay off the bread and replace it with lettuce. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3502\">Rob Mac and Wrexham fans take over Subaru Park: \u2018It\u2019s just Philly but across the world\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The professional baker was wary, aware that lettuce was linked  to an ongoing outbreak \u2014 caused by the single-celled parasite cyclospora \u2014 causing explosive bowel movements. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Wanting to stay healthy for his five children, he caved, finding solace in not hearing about specific cases in Philadelphia. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A week later, mid lettuce bite, Jeronimo learned that not only was Pennsylvania officially added to the CDC list of the states affected, but also that the outbreak was linked to now-recalled Taylor Farms iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico and sold at grocery stores, as well as Taco Bell and other restaurants. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat was it,\u201d Jeronimo said. \u201cIt stopped feeling safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The family ditched their grocery store produce section for the vegetable and fruit stand at the Dickinson Square Farmers\u2019 Market in the city\u2019s Pennsport area. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard, because most of our food, like pozole, includes lettuce,\u201d Jeronimo said, checking tomato ripeness in front of farmer Bruce Santino\u2019s stand Sunday morning. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLettuce is cheaper at the grocery store; I went from paying $8 to $10 per month for lettuce to paying $20. I guess that is the price for mental peace,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Jeronimo is not the only one willing to pay more for the feeling of safety. South Philly resident Marie Abbondanza, 42, also abandoned her grocery store produce to walk with her toddler and shop at the farmers\u2019 market. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe are choosing to get all of our produce from the market because we don\u2019t want to get sick and we want to support the local farmers,\u201d Abbondanza said. \u201c[Grocery stores are] really expensive and their produce isn\u2019t really good, so if we have to pay a little bit more and the quality is better, it\u2019s enough for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>So far this year, Pennsylvania health officials confirmed at least 45 cases of cyclosporiasis. That number already surpassed the 40 cases the state experienced in 2025, but still below the 87 reported in 2024. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>In the last two to three weeks, Dickinson Square Farmers\u2019 Market has seen the volume of visitors increase by about 15%, said Ben Bergman, 48. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Bergman helps oversee Dickinson Square as well as four other  farmers\u2019 markets citywide. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt looks to be a little safer here because the food is grown closer to you,\u201d Bergman said. \u201cIt has less opportunity to become infected with something.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The increase is being seen by the operators of other farmers\u2019 markets.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>According to Bridget Palombo, director of healthy food access programming at the Food Trust, it\u2019s not automatically the case that farmers\u2019 market produce is safer.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt all depends on the processes that people follow,\u201d Palombo said. \u201cBut there seems to be more trust in the products when people can speak to those growing it and bringing it to the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3500\">Another flood watch is in effect for the Philly region until late Monday night<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Food Trust operates three year-round markets, three seasonal farm stands, and multiple pop-up markets citywide. Seeing an uptick in foot traffic makes Palombo believe that transparency is a big reason behind the feeling of safety Philadelphians are finding in farmers\u2019 markets. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Farmers\u2019 market visitors get to ask the farmers where their food comes from, what kind of pesticides they used (if any), and how it was harvested. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>That transparency does come with a stiffer price tag. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Farmers\u2019 markets are opportunities to purchase directly from producers, allowing the local farms to charge the full, fair cost of production, where corporate farms can cut corners, Palombo said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cLettuce from the local farmer has probably traveled only a fifth of the time in and out of cold storage; it\u2019s touched fewer hands; and they are paying their staff livable wages, giving them breaks, and treating them in humane ways,\u201d Palombo said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>At the Dickinson Square Farmers\u2019 Market, farmer Bruce Santino, 38, said he can attest to the care that goes into all of his produce, and how despite the cyclosporiasis outbreak and the uptick in clientele, his business has tried to keep prices steady. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Four people work at his Mullica Hill, Gloucester County, farm, planting and harvesting all kinds of peppers, tomatoes, corn, melons, squash, and leafy greens. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cOnly eight hands touch your food, and we harvest the day before the market to get the freshest, highest-quality product,\u201d Santino said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>When they ran the numbers on how much lettuce they would need for this year\u2019s season, they were not expecting a higher demand due to cyclospora. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs a farmer it\u2019s been tough, because every year you have a crop plan and you do the math of how much you are going to need, then when something like this happens you have to produce as much as you can for the demand,\u201d Santino said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>He was planting and selling 1,200 to 1,500 heads of lettuce per week. Three weeks ago, the business sold almost $1,000 worth of lettuce in one day, he said. But as the staff were planning on upping their production, a couple of days with 100-degree weather fried the lettuce left in the field. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe little that actually survived was too bitter to harvest and we don\u2019t want to put a bad name on our product, so we prefer to go without it,\u201d Santino said. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>His business has already started replanting and plans to produce 30% more lettuce to keep up with the demand. But Santino will keep his price at $3 to $5 per lettuce head. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI hope we can retain this after the parasite gets taken care of,\u201d Santino said. \u201cI hope people feel safer coming to the local farmers\u2019 market and I hope they taste the difference and stay with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=3498\">Photos from the Wrexham Sunderland friendly<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers markets have more customers, with Dickinson Square Farmers&#8217; Market seeing a 15% increase in the past two to three weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3503,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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